THE APPLICANT:

The successful applicant will ideally have some background working in a Compliance or Technical based role, preferably in a Building or Consumer products environment, with a minimum of 3 years’ work experience. There is also opportunity for further training as well as learning on the job, in a role which will develop your career to the next level.

Key Skills:

• An ability to manage complex projects and initiatives.
• Excellent analytical and data management skills.
• Highly organised, detail oriented and practiced in working on multiple projects at once with a proactive approach.
• Very bright and practical, with outstanding communication skills, and an ability to translate regulatory requirements across the business.
• Capability to work and liaise internally and externally with people at all levels.
• Exceptional level of integrity.
• A willingness to learn and develop with a high degree of curiosity.
• A-Level educated including Mathematics and/or a Science based subject:

Preferred Skills:

• Some knowledge and experience of chain of custody, traceability and regulatory requirements for Building or Consumer Products, preferably including electrical and/or water delivery products.
• Experience collaborating with global supply chains.
• Experience in conducting audits with external auditors.
• An interest and passion in Sustainable design and working within the Circular Economy.
• An understanding of a wide variety of manufacturing processes and materials.
• An interest in the built environment.

WHO WE ARE:

Roper Rhodes are a supplier of bathroom products with an excellent reputation with a turnover in excess of £90m. Whilst we are leaders in the bathroom furniture market, we have a share of around 7% of the total UK bathroom market. We have over 240 employees based across our Bath office & Bristol warehouse sites.
We are part of the Svedbergs Group of bathroom companies, headquartered in Sweden: www.svedbergsgroup.com.
Our customers include major national retailers, national / regional builder’s merchants, and a nationwide network of independent bathroom retailers. In addition to this we also produce bathroom products for several retailers under their own label programmes.
We are highly focused on product development as a key part of our business. Our products are manufactured to our own designs and manufactured to a high quality with supply partners all over the world.
We have a portfolio of three in-house brands as follows:
· Roper Rhodes www.roperrhodes.co.uk
· Tavistock www.tavistock-bathrooms.co.uk
· R2 www.r2bathrooms.co.uk/

Assisting the Technical Manager in maintaining and developing compliance policies and practices, ensuring adherence to requirements including but not limited to:

• Health & Safety Requirements.
• UK/EU Timber & Deforestation Regulations.
• Supporting on-going product testing, audits and certification requirements for schemes including:
• Water Regulations Approvals Scheme (WRAS).
• Thermostatic Mixer Valve Scheme (TMV2).
• Forest certification schemes including FSC & PEFC.
• Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (SEDEX).
• Working with the New Product Development Team, ensuring that new products meet the necessary BS/EN safety and performance requirements including Electrical Safety, Water Regulatory requirements as well as performing FMEA (Failure Mode & Effect Analysis) on prototype products with other stakeholders before design sign-off.
• Updating product compliance data on National Retailer databases.
• Working with our Quality Team and our international supplier base on a continuous improvement basis, in particular compiling Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCAR)

Roper Rhodes is one of Britain’s leading companies in Bathroom products and is a certified ‘Great Place to Work’ employer. We are looking for a talented & enthusiastic person who is looking to develop their career as a Compliance specialist to work within our Product Development Team. This position reports to the Technical Manager and is a role where there is scope for development.
The successful candidate will work closely with our Sustainability Manager, Procurement Manager, Quality Team and Product Category Management Team in a close knit and friendly environment. You will be at the forefront of ensuring our products and supply chain align with both local and international regulatory requirements whilst keeping abreast with regulatory change to ensure compliance. Whilst some experience would be beneficial, there will be learning on the job as well as through supplementary training. This exciting opportunity is based at our Headquarters in the city of Bath with occasional travel to our Warehouse in Bristol. There is the opportunity of some hybrid working too.
The key elements of the position are as follows:

Assisting the Technical Manager in maintaining and developing compliance policies and practices, ensuring adherence to requirements including but not limited to:

• Health & Safety Requirements.
• UK/EU Timber & Deforestation Regulations.
• Supporting on-going product testing, audits and certification requirements for schemes including:
• Water Regulations Approvals Scheme (WRAS).
• Thermostatic Mixer Valve Scheme (TMV2).
• Forest certification schemes including FSC & PEFC.
• Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (SEDEX).
• Working with the New Product Development Team, ensuring that new products meet the necessary BS/EN safety and performance requirements including Electrical Safety, Water Regulatory requirements as well as performing FMEA (Failure Mode & Effect Analysis) on prototype products with other stakeholders before design sign-off.
• Updating product compliance data on National Retailer databases.
• Working with our Quality Team and our international supplier base on a continuous improvement basis, in particular compiling Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCAR).